PMID- 33962519 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210818 LR - 20210818 IS - 2041-3033 (Electronic) IS - 0954-4119 (Linking) VI - 235 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Aug TI - Low velocity oxy fuel spraying of hydroxyapatite coating on a multifunctional UNS S31254 austenitic stainless steel. PG - 958-972 LID - 10.1177/09544119211015770 [doi] AB - Artificial material such as stainless steel (SS) is widely used for orthopaedic applications owing to its superior properties, ease of fabrication and lower cost. However, in the body environment, stainless steel can leach toxic elements such as nickel and chromium. To prevent this, a hydroxyapatite (HAp) coating having chemical characteristics very similar to the human bone was deposited on a medical-grade UNS S31254 austenitic stainless steel by a Low-velocity oxy-fuel spray gun (LVOF). The coating was characterised by using a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscope (FTIR). The adhesion strength, microhardness and corrosion behaviour were studied using the Tensometre, Vickers microhardness tester and potentiodynamic polarisation with electrochemical impedance spectroscope. The bacterial adhesion and bioactivity of the coating were also evaluated. The LVOF sprayed HAp coating has shown better corrosion resistance, higher bioactivity and higher hardness than the uncoated steel. The presence of tricalcium phosphate, octa-calcium phosphate (OCP) and tetra-calcium phosphate (TTCP) was found in the coating. LVOF sprayed HAp coating is also found suitable in lowering the bacterial adhesion on the steel substrate. FAU - Tiwari, Srikant AU - Tiwari S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2705-2778 AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. FAU - Mishra, Suryanarayan B AU - Mishra SB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2014-4613 AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210507 PL - England TA - Proc Inst Mech Eng H JT - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine JID - 8908934 RN - 0 (Coated Materials, Biocompatible) RN - 12597-68-1 (Stainless Steel) RN - 91D9GV0Z28 (Durapatite) SB - IM MH - Coated Materials, Biocompatible MH - Corrosion MH - *Durapatite MH - Hardness MH - Humans MH - *Stainless Steel OTO - NOTNLM OT - Hydroxyapatite OT - LVOF spraying OT - bacterial adhesion OT - bioactivity OT - corrosion EDAT- 2021/05/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/19 06:00 CRDT- 2021/05/08 05:36 PHST- 2021/05/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/08 05:36 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/09544119211015770 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2021 Aug;235(8):958-972. doi: 10.1177/09544119211015770. Epub 2021 May 7.